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48. ...and I have a significant reading addiction... but I'm an "old" person @ 55

Thu Dec 26, 2024, 04:35 PM

Dec 2024

I learned to read by memorizing my favorite book, and when my sister left me alone one time to go set the table, I picked it up and made the words match the sounds and that was IT! The lightulb went off...and never stopped.
My dad had us keep flashlights by our beds for safety...and mine was always out of batteries cuz I'd read at night...

One kid got the reading bug, the other 2 are not into it.

Dunno how to make it easier to have your own imagination when the rest is just supplied....and now AI makes it even worse

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Someone at dinner yesterday said to me: "Reading is becoming a privilege." The rest of the dinner [View all] Raven Dec 2024 OP

I don't know how to fix it. LisaM Dec 2024 #1

When I was a kid I LIVED to read, but had friends who never cracked open a book. 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2024 #2

I did also; I remember many a night babylonsister Dec 2024 #3

I used to contort myself to read in bed by the light of my nightlight, LOL! 50 Shades Of Blue Dec 2024 #17

I learned to read at the age of four because my older siblings wearied of reading to me. So they taught me to read. Ping Tung Dec 2024 #7

Of course. He loves the uneducated because easier to screw over SheltieLover Dec 2024 #11

As long as books are available on computer screens malaise Dec 2024 #4

I believe Dems should initiate a huge literacy project SheltieLover Dec 2024 #12

Good idea malaise Dec 2024 #14

But it would cost nothing SheltieLover Dec 2024 #20

You are correct malaise Dec 2024 #21

Ty for validating my gut feeling. SheltieLover Dec 2024 #22

My local "Neighbors"website proves to me every day Diamond_Dog Dec 2024 #28

It's sad malaise Dec 2024 #30

Gawd... these folks I'm talking about have zero tech skills SheltieLover Dec 2024 #49

Good Luck with that - womanofthehills Dec 2024 #44

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I do wonder about that malaise Dec 2024 #29

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2024 #33

Way wider than that malaise Dec 2024 #37

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2024 #59

No coincidence malaise Dec 2024 #61

Read "One Second After" or "Lights Out" johnnyfins Dec 2024 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2024 #47

Exactly! SheltieLover Dec 2024 #51

So true. efhmc Dec 2024 #40

My tablet has rescued canetoad Dec 2024 #42

If you think kids are reading books on their phones and tablets, you're kidding yourselves Ex Lurker Dec 2024 #58

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2024 #62

It gets worse Ex Lurker Dec 2024 #66

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2024 #67

I don't see how "privilege" comes into it. If kids don't want to read, it doesn't mean Scrivener7 Dec 2024 #5

Right? I suppose you could say they since the privilege of refusing to read Iris Dec 2024 #15

In the sense that reading takes time, focus and mental energy meadowlander Dec 2024 #41

This message was self-deleted by its author Chin music Dec 2024 #63

When our son was growing up, UpInArms Dec 2024 #6

When I was a kid I read nonstop milestogo Dec 2024 #8

I still read nonstop SheltieLover Dec 2024 #13

My mother instilled a love of reading in me and I was reading any time I wasn't drawing. Diamond_Dog Dec 2024 #32

I wasn't allowed to watch much TV Skittles Dec 2024 #69

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceWave Dec 2024 #9

As a creative, I don't think the drive to create subsides Arazi Dec 2024 #43

Another tendency that I believe to be evidenced by history snot Dec 2024 #56

If the child is reading a screen they are reading sarisataka Dec 2024 #10

I think whis is what I'm worried about. I know this is happening where I live. The kids are Raven Dec 2024 #16

+1. meadowlander Dec 2024 #39

What's going on here? Technology is what's going on here. A lot of things have moved onto the Internet, SWBTATTReg Dec 2024 #18

E- books Timewas Dec 2024 #19

I think digital vs. hard copy books each have their own advantages snot Dec 2024 #57

It's Not Universal ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #23

As a 1963 high school graduate, I remember pretty well that about MineralMan Dec 2024 #24

Much ado xuplate Dec 2024 #25

Not that much different than when i was a kid Buckeyeblue Dec 2024 #26

I was a reader from the time I was 5. My mom used to read to me when I wouldn't yellowdogintexas Dec 2024 #46

My daughter is a reader. My son not so much Buckeyeblue Dec 2024 #65

It's a matter of concentration, rather than the specific media that delivers information. LudwigPastorius Dec 2024 #31

Maybe books are. But reading is reading. Iggo Dec 2024 #34

Reading was once a privilege. Now reading, or rather NOT reading, is a choice. RockRaven Dec 2024 #35

For kids, privileges should be earned based on how many books you read bucolic_frolic Dec 2024 #36

"What is going on here?" Nothing big.....just the end of civilization. Sarcasm not intended. albacore Dec 2024 #38

Bingo! This is exactly what worries me. And I'm talking about reading to acquire knowledge, not just to Raven Dec 2024 #64

Posts on social media....and even DU ... have to be short. Otherwise..."TLDR".. albacore Dec 2024 #72

...and I have a significant reading addiction... but I'm an "old" person @ 55 FirstLight Dec 2024 #48

Most people learn to read in public school - TBF Dec 2024 #50

brains developed post internet creation BlueWaveNeverEnd Dec 2024 #52

It's very true sagetea Dec 2024 #53

Reading is reading Jilly_in_VA Dec 2024 #54

I read both book and screen. Xolodno Dec 2024 #55

The problem Rebl2 Dec 2024 #60

so often this is what I see Skittles Dec 2024 #68

Reading is not a privilege. Reading is a skill that takes years to develop. It helps if you grow up in a family where Martin68 Dec 2024 #70

lots of "reading a screen is just like reading a book" opinions, but this is not the case -- reflective vs projective 0rganism Dec 2024 #71

Smart phones are becoming a cancer on society iemanja Dec 2024 #73